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History

The plan to establish the institute was developed jointly by Miami Valley Hosptial and Wright State University (with input from community physicians) and has been formally approved by university and hospital leadership.

The institute was formally unveiled during a joint news conference at Miami Valley Hospital on February 24, 2010.

The research arm of the institute at Wright State opened as the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center in February 2007 as an expansion on the scope and mission of the former WSU Center for Brain Research with the goal of improving our research into neurological, developmental, cognitive, psychiatric and trauma-induced nervous system disorders.

In October 2007, Wright State University announced that it had received a prestigious Program Project Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The $4.8 million grant was the first Program Project Grant the university received. Five university scientists associated with the Neuroscience Institute are using the grant to further their research into why full recovery is not always achieved after damaged nerves have regenerated.

Neuroscience at WSU

1990

Small number of independent neuroscientists

2000

Center for Brain Research established

Neuroscience community and resources come together; investment made by the Kettering Fund